Re: The murder of children in AC land
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This is ridiculous. By this reasoning there is no reason to go on a caribbean cruise; why would you pay tons of money to take a decadent vacation when you can stay home with your wife, go to the pool, and save a bundle? People have natural incentives to reproduce. They want to reproduce. Duh. The mere fact that there is a voluntary drive makes reproduction fully consistent with capitalism.
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These people going on cruises arent following capitalist principles. If they invested that money instead, how much sooner could they retire? Is it more than the 7 days or so the cruise lasts? Could they retire at least a few months earlier? Same goes with buying SUV's, etc, and especially having children. Over the long run, a child is a large net drain on a parent's finances. I thought we were talking about capitalism here, not people's irrational wants and desires. Isn't it profit and wealth that capitalism is about?
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No. Capitalism is defined as the natural distribution of privately-owned resources in a free market. That's all. What individuals do with those resources is up to them. Some may elect to work hard, save, and invest. Others may elect to work little, live cheap, and spend their money quickly. Both occur within capitalism, and neither is wrong.
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